Colonialism

What connects the Ceuta ‘crisis’, Nolan’s Odyssey and Morocco?

Carne Ross explains how power and an illegal occupation the world ignores is the connection

Italy – the battle for the beaches

Dave Kellaway reports from Italy on how the class struggle continues on the beaches

Eye witness from the West Bank, Palestine

We reproduce here an article by Michele Giorgio from the left wing Italian daily newspaper, Il Manifesto that reports on the new front Israel has opened on the occupied West Bank

Statement on Ceuta by Anticapitalistas in the Spanish state

Statement by our comrades on the Ceuta tragedy

ABOUT ANTICAPITALIST RESISTANCE

We seek revolutionary transformation to meet the compound crisis of ecological disaster, economic collapse, social decay, grotesque inequality, mass impoverishment, growing militarisation, and creeping authoritarianism.

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Why the Lucas plan matters today

Ian Townson explores what relevance the proposals and ways of organising from fifty years ago have in today's age of increasing climate catastrophe and the struggle for an ecosocialist future

Nicaragua: Seven Deadly Sins That Made a Dictatorship

After Ceuta

Over 60 Migrants die in Ceuta

Key takeaways from Manchester Mayoral election

Yes, Britain was complicit – and ministers knew it

Jammu‑Kashmir progressive organisations call for global solidarity

EVENTS

VIDEO

Palestine and Marxism an online author discussion

INTERNATIONALISM OR RUSSIFICATION – a study in the Soviet nationalities problem

THEORY

The Digital Veil: Why Marx’s Critique of Capitalism Remains valid

Piyamit Leelatham argues against Varoufakis's thesis that under our society of techofeudalism Marx's law of value no longer applies.

Socialist Revolution and the Struggle for Women’s Liberation

Why is there a surge in antisemitism?

The General Strike – Harry Wicks

Western Marxism, Historical Defeat, and the Limits of Exposure

Fascisation and strategy

Fascism before power

PUBLICATIONS

Critical Marxism

Critical Marxism: Concepts, Context, Combat. by Ian Parker. Just £14 from Resistance Books. This book provides an introduction to Marxism as it emerged in the nineteenth century, examines what happened when it was put into practice in the twentieth century, and how we can make use of it now in anti-capitalist struggle. It reviews the […]

THE POUM: Republic, Revolution and Counterrevolution

By Andy Durgan “The POUM: Republic, Revolution, and Counterrevolution” provides an updated and original introduction to the history of the party. It examines the POUM’s origins, its relations with the workers’ and peasants’ movements of the time, its political ideas, and its role in the revolution that erupted in July 1936. This is a story […]

IN STALIN’S SHADOW

Leon Trotsky and the Legacy of the Moscow Trials. by Douglas Greene. “In Stalin’s Shadow” examines how Trotsky has been portrayed as a villainous figure in conspiracy theories ranging from Russian antisemitic television series to neo-Stalinist historical narratives. Greene analyzes the Moscow Trials of the 1930s and unmasks modern defenders of Stalin like Domenico Losurdo […]

Voices against Putin’s war

Protesters’ defiant speeches in Russian courts. Foreword by John McDonnell MP and edited by Simon Pirani. This book comprises ten speeches in court by people who opposed Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, and were arrested, tried and handed long jail sentences for doing so. There are also letters and interviews in which they made […]